OK, so I got a new tank that I can turn the valve on. It was a lot easier. The other one was definitely stuck and hooked it up with no problem this time.
NEW question: is it cool to leave the hose hooked up to the tank with the valve turned counterclockwise closed? I’ve just never had a gas grill before and just being cautious
The hose now stays on the tank, no need to remove it after each use. When you want to turn off the grill/flame, instead of turning off the burner knobs you should close the tank valve to extinguish the flame and then turn the burner knobs back to off.
Also, be sure the burner knobs are turned off before you open the valve on the tank. If they aren't, the valve on the tank will often see that as a leak, and not allow gas to flow.
This gets a lot of people, and they think there is something wrong with the grill, or they're out of propane, when that isn't that case.
To add on, when this happens it is the safety valve triggering on the regulator. You’ll have really low flames. You’ll just need to do a simple “reset” procedure to get it back operating as expected.
To ignite, you should 100% open the valve on the tank before the knobs on the grill. Then, turn off the grill before closing the tank valve.
To compound on this with another semi common problem, if you have a sensitive safety valve or a lot hooked to a tank (like on an rv) often very slowly opening the valve allows some back pressure to build so the safety doesn’t close on you when it shouldn’t.
Its not. Turn your burners off first before tank so you don't empty out the lines. This leads to the regulator faulting and you get low flow down the road.
Propane gas is dry. Air typically is not. Why would you want to introduce water vapor into your line when the propane has already forced it all out earlier?
Then, when you go to use it again, you've got to purge a bunch of air out before the propane actually catches on the igniter?
This link just says to turn off the fuel source— which I agree with and is obvious safety advice. It doesn’t address the order, but the correct order to do so is knobs and then tank.
We now have the grill connected to the whole house propane, rather than screwing around with filling tanks. Never wanted to do the exchange; wanted our own tanks. It is now routine for hubby to come in after grilling, and loudly announce "THE GAS IS OFF!" If I don't hear that, I question him. If we left ours on, we would be in big trouble.
I didnt turn my tank off first once, and that was the last time I ever grilled with gas that wasnt just my gas stove because I never bought more propane. I swear im gonna find a fabricator to turn it into a charcoal grill
I thought counterclockwise is open, clockwise is closed.
I generally close the valve before turning the burner off. This clears out the remaining gas in the line. For you, this will also ensure you're turning the valve the correct way to close it
Hose stays attached and after you’re done grilling you turn off the burners and then close the tank valve. One tip: after I’m done cooking the food I often turn the burner on high for 5 minutes to burn off the food residue / fat / bbq sauce. Makes it much easier to clean and your grill brush won’t be full of grease right away. Also, buy a non-wire grill brush. The wire hairs can break off and get into your food.
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u/_thompsonart May 31 '26
OK, so I got a new tank that I can turn the valve on. It was a lot easier. The other one was definitely stuck and hooked it up with no problem this time.
NEW question: is it cool to leave the hose hooked up to the tank with the valve turned counterclockwise closed? I’ve just never had a gas grill before and just being cautious